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SUBMITTER: Bevans AI
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6994174 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Bevans Amanda I AI Fitzpatrick Daniel M DM Stone Diana M DM Butler Brian P BP Smith Maia P MP Cheetham Sonia S
PLoS neglected tropical diseases 20200121 1
Bats can harbor zoonotic pathogens, but their status as reservoir hosts for Leptospira bacteria is unclear. During 2015-2017, kidneys from 47 of 173 bats captured in Grenada, West Indies, tested PCR-positive for Leptospira. Sequence analysis of the Leptospira rpoB gene from 31 of the positive samples showed 87-91% similarity to known Leptospira species. Pairwise and phylogenetic analysis of sequences indicate that bats from Grenada harbor as many as eight undescribed Leptospira genotypes that ar ...[more]